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Old Jan 3, 2016 | 2:02 pm
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This is a very well known aerodynamic effect and one that Concorde wing designers perfected and harnessed to be able to land so smoothly at high speeds. All achieved long before complex computer modelling allowed wing shapes to be perfected like today.
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